Barking toy



Dec. 13, 1927; E. D. SWISHER BARKING TOY Filed June 13, 1927 Patented Dec. l3, l927.

UNITED s TA ES EARL n. swrsnnn, on DESMOINES, IOWA.

BARKIN'G TOY.

Application filed .Tunex13,

The objectof. my invention isto provide a barking toyof simple, durable; and comparatively inexpensive construction.

A further objectis to prov'ide a toy of this character in which asoundcan beproduced s imulatingthe barking of a dog. e

Still a further ob 'ect is'toprovide such'a device in theform of a casing having a diaphra'gm therein with a barslidably mounted in throughan openin in, the diaphragm and constrained to at all times contact with, one sid-e'iof the opening whereby movement of the bar relative to the casing will produce a sound. I V Still a further object'is to providea means for moving the bar with relationto the; dia phragm and in my drawing 1' have illustrated one embodiment of" a device for so moving the bar. A V v With these and other'objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and'combination of the various elements of my invention whereby the objeots contemplated are attained as-l1ereinafter set forth, pointedoutin my claimsand illustrated in the accompanying; drawing,- in which} I A Figure l -i's a perspective "view of my "barking toy illustrating its normal position in full lines and another position in dotted lines as when itisi'operated to cause aibarkingi sound. f i v w I c Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view through thesound producingportion'of the device. 7 I

Figure 3- 'is a, similar view showing "the parts in another. position; an'd Figure. 4 is a detail sectional View taken j on the line 4-4 of Figure 2. p

On the accompanying drawing I have used thereiterence numeral :10 to indicate a ring adapted to be positioned over 'a'finger of a person operating the toy to produce a barking sound. A link 12 extendsfrom the ring l0 and is pivotally or swivelly secured at 14 ma, wiener 16. In the illustration of mydevice Ihave simulated a string of wieners as one embodiment of my invention. The wiener 16 may be formed of any suitable ma- 50. terial andmav be ornamented with a'dog collar 18 if so desired.

' Suspended from the lower endv of the wiener 161 is a flexible cable 20 pivotally secured to a sounding bar 22. The sounding bar 22 extends into a second Wiener 24. Sus

Secured '30;of the wiener 24 is ahead 36 formed of a suitable non-metallic material;

these materials.

1927. Serial No. 198,429.

pended fromthe wiener- 24 by a flexible cable 26' i' sa th rd Wiener 28; preferably weighted,

the purpose of I which -will hereinafter be describedp The-Wiener 24 comprises a casing; al or.

Substantially V tion'3 O ofwhich is metallic.

midwa yof the Wiener 24,- the portion 303of the casing terminates in a diaphragm '32.

An opening 34 is formedin the diaphragm to} the upper end of the portion p The bar=22 extends sl dably through anopening 38 in the head 36 andinto the'wiener 24. V The bar -22 terminates below 'the diaphragm 32-after having passedthrough the opening 34. It

may here be mentioned that the opening34 is*l.arger than the bar 22toallow its free slidingmovementtherethrough.

A spring 40 has one end secured to the portion'80 ofthe casing and has its other end secured to a'lug 42 on the bar'22. A suitable stop' 44 may be provided on the bar 22 for preventing too much upward movement of the bar 22 relative to the diaphragm 32 whereby to prevent the bar moving completely up through the opening-34in the -diaphragm; Secured to the portion 30' of the Wiener 24. is "a second casingportion 46 preferably non-metallic in composition. The diaphragm 32, I find, works bestwhen made of a thin tin and the bar 22 should be fairly heavy and; works best when fmade of iron although] I do not wish tolimit myself'to Practicalcpemti on. V

In operating mybarking toy to produce a barking sound the device is held suspended from the operators" hand *by holding the ring 10. The device isnthen moved downward whereby all three'wieners 16, 24, and 28 move downwardly and the downward motion of the operators hand is then stopped whereby the movement of the Wiener l6 and the sounding bar 22 is also stopped. The

one side of the opening 34 and the dia phragm Wlll scrapethereagainst for produm (momentum acquiredby the weighted wiener ing a sound similar to the barking of a dog. The movement of the diaphragm 32 with relation to the bar continues against the action of the spring 40 as illustrated in Figure 3 until the tension of the spring overcomes the gradually decreasing momentum of the wiener 28. p i

Another downward movement of the ring 10 will slide the bar 22 in a downward direction causing it to again scrape against the edge of the opening 34 in the diaphragm for producing a further sound. The operation is repeated by slowly moving the ring 10 up and down, the speed of which movement can heregulated to suit the desires of the operator so that the dog will hark fast or slowly. i

From the description of my invention it will be obvious that the sound producing mechanism is entirely contained within the Wiener 24 and consists otthe casing portions 30 and 46, the diaphragm 32, the bar 22, the head 36 and the spring 40. It will therefore be obvious that the sound producing unit can he made into toys of various other shapes and it is only necessary in order to produce a sound like the barking of a dog to provide for ITIOVCHIGHC of the bar 22 rela tive to the diaphragm 32.

The diaphragmSQ may be arranged at an oblique angle relative to the bar 2:2 so that a slightly different sound is produced when the bar slides through the opening 34 in one direction than when the bar slides in an opposite direction. i

v The head 86 maybe made thicker if de sired so that the bar 22 will be completely concealed withinit. In this event, the cable 20 would extend down into the head 36 to connect to the bar 22.

Some changes may he made in the construction and arrangement of the various parts of my invention, without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims, any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents, which may he reasonalol3 included within their scope.

I claim as my invention:

1. A device of the class described comto said metallic casin an onenin in said.

diaphragunabar associated with said opening for producing a sound upon 1 sliding movement of the bar and means for causing such sliding movement, said means comprising a weight suspended from said non-metallic extension whereby movement of said bar a up and down will cause movement of said diaphragm relative to said bar.

3. A device of the class described coinpris ring a casing, a diaphragm therein, an opelr ingin said diaphragm, a bar associated with said opening, resilient means constraining said bar to contact with one edge of said opening for producing a sound upon sliding movement of the bar and means for causing such sliding movement, said means comprising a weight suspended from said casing whereby moving said bar up and down will cause said weight to move said diaphragm relativethereto. i

l. A device of the class described comprising acasing, a diaphragm.therein an opening in said diaphragm, a bar slidably mounted through said opening, guide means and a spring connecting said her to said casing for maintaining the bar in engagement with one side of the opening insaid diaphragm for producing a sound upon sliding movement otthe bar and means for causing such sliding movement, said means comprising a weight suspended from said casing whereby moving said haruu and down will cause said weight to move said diaphragm relative thereto.

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